XEN-DELETE-IMAGE

NAME

xen-delete-image - Delete previously created Xen instances.

SYNOPSIS

xen-delete-image [options] [--hostname=]imageName1 [--hostname=]imageName2
Help Options:
--help Show help information.
--manual Read the manual for this script.
--version Show the version information and exit.
--verbose Show diagnostic output.
General options:
--dir Specify the output directory where images were previously saved.
--lvm Specify the LVM volume to use.
--evms Specify the EVMS container to use.
Specifying hosts:
--hostname Specify the image name to delete.
Testing options:
--test Don't complain if we're not invoked by root.

OPTIONS

--dir Specify the output directory where images were previously saved.

--evms Specify the EVMS container where images were previously saved.

--help Show help information.

--hostname Specify the hostname to delete.

--lvm Specify the LVM volume group where images were previously saved.

--manual Read the manual for this script.

--test Don not complain, or exit, if the script is not executed by the root user.

--version Show the version number and exit.

DESCRIPTION

xen-delete-image is a simple script which allows you to delete
Xen instances which have previously been created by xen-create-image.
You must be root to run this script as it removes the Xen configuration
file from /etc/xen and potentially removes LVM and EVMS volumes.
(When invoked with the '--test' flag the script will continue running,
but will fail to remove anything which the user does not have permission
to delete.)

LOOPBACK EXAMPLE

Assuming that you have three images 'foo', 'bar', and 'baz', stored
beneath /home/xen the first two may be deleted via:
xen-delete-image --dir=/home/xen foo bar
You may also delete them by running:
xen-delete-image --dir=/home/xen --hostname=foo --hostname=bar
(The matching Xen configuration files beneath /etc/xen will also be
removed.)

LVM EXAMPLE

Assuming that you have the volume group 'skx-vol' containing three
Xen instances 'foo', 'bar', and 'baz' the first two may be deleted via:
xen-delete-image --lvm=skx-vol foo bar
This will remove the volumes 'foo-disk', 'foo-swap', 'bar-disk',
and 'bar-swap'.
Note that if the images were created with "--noswap" then the swap
volumes will not be present, so will not need to be deleted.
The Xen configuration files will also be removed from beneath /etc/xen.

EVMS EXAMPLE

Assuming that you have the container 'mycontainer' containing three
Xen instances 'foo', 'bar', and 'baz' the first two may be deleted via:
xen-delete-image --evms=lvm2/mycontainer --hostname=foo --hostname=bar
This will remove the volumes 'foo-disk', 'foo-swap', 'bar-disk',
and 'bar-swap'.
Note that if the images were created with "--noswap" then the swap
volumes will not be present, so will not need to be deleted.
The Xen configuration files will also be removed.